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Decent article on ESPN:
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...eight-2018-nfl-playoff-teams-divisional-round
I actually agree that we are over rating our defense, mostly based on the great game we had against New Orleans.
Our defense is much better than it has been, and we can shut out multiple quarters but overall we still have a defense with it's faults.
From the above article:
During the season, the Cowboys posted a passer rating of 112.6 against play-action passes, the sixth-worst rate in the league. In the wild-card game, with his running game doing absolutely nothing, Wilson went 9-of-10 on play-action for 109 yards and a passer rating of 117.1.
If there's an offense you wouldn't want to face when you struggle with play-action, it is the very opponent the Cowboys will go up against Saturday night. The Rams went with a play-fake on more than 35 percent of their dropbacks this season, the highest rate in football by a considerable margin. Sean McVay's team ranked sixth in yards per attempt (9.9) and seventh in passer rating (114.5) when it ran play-fakes, and while its numbers definitely declined after Cooper Kupp went out, even the post-Kupp Rams should give the Cowboys problems with play-action.
So how big of a problem could this be. If we key in on stopping Gurley (As we just keyed in on stopping Seattle's running game) will the Rams be smart enough to go play action and do with Goff, what Seattle probably should have done to us with Wilson?
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...eight-2018-nfl-playoff-teams-divisional-round
I actually agree that we are over rating our defense, mostly based on the great game we had against New Orleans.
Our defense is much better than it has been, and we can shut out multiple quarters but overall we still have a defense with it's faults.
From the above article:
During the season, the Cowboys posted a passer rating of 112.6 against play-action passes, the sixth-worst rate in the league. In the wild-card game, with his running game doing absolutely nothing, Wilson went 9-of-10 on play-action for 109 yards and a passer rating of 117.1.
If there's an offense you wouldn't want to face when you struggle with play-action, it is the very opponent the Cowboys will go up against Saturday night. The Rams went with a play-fake on more than 35 percent of their dropbacks this season, the highest rate in football by a considerable margin. Sean McVay's team ranked sixth in yards per attempt (9.9) and seventh in passer rating (114.5) when it ran play-fakes, and while its numbers definitely declined after Cooper Kupp went out, even the post-Kupp Rams should give the Cowboys problems with play-action.
So how big of a problem could this be. If we key in on stopping Gurley (As we just keyed in on stopping Seattle's running game) will the Rams be smart enough to go play action and do with Goff, what Seattle probably should have done to us with Wilson?
